Indian Hills vs Mountainair

A side-by-side comparison of Indian Hills and Mountainair: population, income, housing, and more.

Indian Hills and Mountainair are places in New Mexico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mountainair has the higher population (1,308 vs 778 in Indian Hills). Mountainair has the higher median household income ($41,678 vs $41,667 in Indian Hills). Indian Hills has the higher median home value ($152,800 vs $97,000 in Mountainair).

Population, income & housing

	Indian Hills	Mountainair
Population	778	1,308
Median age	36.4 yrs	26.9 yrs
Median household income	$41,667	$41,678
Median home value	$152,800	$97,000
Median gross rent	—	$906
Housing units	314	410
Homeownership rate	85.8%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	32.9%	11.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Indian Hills	Mountainair
Population	1,075 → 778 (-27.6%)	852 → 1,308 (+53.5%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $41,667 (-22.5%)	$35,743 → $41,678 (+16.6%)
Median home value	$143,700 → $152,800 (+6.3%)	$70,600 → $97,000 (+37.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$673 → $906 (+34.6%)

Indian Hills

Population

1,075778

Median household income

$53,750$41,667

Median home value

$143,700$152,800

Mountainair

Population

8521,308

Median household income

$35,743$41,678

Median home value

$70,600$97,000

Median gross rent

$673$906

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Indian Hills	Mountainair
Under 5	6.6%	1.8%
5 to 17	20.3%	25.8%
18 to 24	1.4%	19.9%
25 to 34	19.7%	6.9%
35 to 44	13.0%	10.6%
45 to 54	4.9%	10.9%
55 to 64	11.6%	2.5%
65 to 74	14.1%	14.7%
75 and over	8.5%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Indian Hills	Mountainair
White (non-Hispanic)	60.2%	35.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	39.2%	53.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Indian Hills	Mountainair
No high school diploma	18.5%	21.1%
High school graduate	24.6%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	49.5%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Indian Hills	Mountainair
Drove alone	99.1%	61.1%
Carpooled	0.9%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	24.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Indian Hills	Mountainair
1-unit, detached	8.6%	63.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	91.4%	30.7%

Poverty & households

	Indian Hills	Mountainair
Poverty rate	23.5%	26.0%
Average household size	3.44	4.05
Mean commute (minutes)	36	26
Median year structure built	1989	1969